Girls' name · since 1972
Shawnea
52 babies named Shawnea in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawnea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 52 recorded since 1972.
Shawnea has 52 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1998.
- #34,662 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shawnea ranks #34,662 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shawnea's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shawnea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shawnea splits its recorded history at 1989: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shawnea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1998
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shawnea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Shawnea's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shawnea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (48% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shawnea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.